Tilbury’s £1bn drive to expand into Thames 'global trading port'

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The FT has been talking to the port of Tilbury – which, far from bowing out of the limelight when London Gateway opened, is expanding. It thinks Brexit could help its cause, as well as logistics for just-in-time deliveries. Amazon’s biggest UK fulfilment centre is there, which will lead to a tripling of employment at the port – and Tilbury is eyeing 32m tonnes in throughput by 2026. We shall see…